and they would play well in the sand box after the election. what's it going to take? i think it's going to take for us to go off the cliff and the american public demanding action. i think we're going to see that over and over again. it's going to be the american public demanding action on gun control. it's going to be the american public demanding action on immigration because we have to force them to act. >> but american public also has to stop acting as if they play no role in this. when you look at our politics over the last 20 years, if you were a moderate democrat and if you were a moderate republican, you frankly have been forced out of both parties, so as a result, you've lost the people who can actually bring sides together and say, hey, i could bring 18, 20 on my side of the house to come together. i can bring 18, 20 over here and we can construct a deal. the problem now is you have folks who said i'm in my corner. i'm in my corner and all we're going to do is have a standoff. >> amen, but are you saying you miss the blue dogs? blue